SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Alaska Cod Fish Sampling
- Notice Date
- 4/3/2020 9:34:33 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NOAA SEATTLE WA 98115 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98115
- Solicitation Number
- NFFS71002001512VRL
- Response Due
- 4/17/2020 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 05/02/2020
- Point of Contact
- Veronica Stroud, Phone: 3034976779
- E-Mail Address
-
veronica.stroud@noaa.gov
(veronica.stroud@noaa.gov)
- Description
- ***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER (WAD), NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICES (NMFS) & NEWPORT FACILITY /F/NWC52, INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH ALASKA COASTAL OBSERVATIONS (ACO) AND RESEARCH OF KODIAK, AK FOR A GULF OF ALASKA NEARSHORE JUVENILE COD SURVEY. ***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NOAA REQUIREMENT THAT THE ALASKA COASTAL OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH IS THE SOLE SOURCE BECAUSE: Services requested under this contract are to continue a time series of NOAA supported nearshore juvenile fish surveys, focusing on Pacific cod in the Western Gulf of Alaska (GOA) in the summer of 2020 (July- August) that was completed by ACO. These survey data are necessary for the management of the Pacific cod fishery that will be closed in 2020 in federal waters in the GOA due to extremely low biomass. Information from this survey will be used to monitor the potential recovery of the fishery that is of great economic importance in the western GOA. Juvenile fish are not well-sampled in other surveys in the GOA and the results from this time series will give us the first indication of the recovery of the Pacific cod stock in the GOA. This information is also critical in the spatio-temporal design of future juvenile surveys by addressing how environmental factors (temperature, salinity, and diet/food web dynamics) underlie condition, abundance and possible spatial structure of Pacific cod stocks in the GOA. ACO has gear at fixed-site locations that have been used on previous juvenile cod surveys in 2018 and 2019. ACO is the only vendor that can also supply the vessel, fuel, personnel, survey gear, supplies and supporting materials to carry out the survey. ACO is the only vendor that can provide the specified biological samples and data to the Government within 2 months of the completion of the survey. Data to be provided include count/weight/length data of Pacific cod catches, unprocessed video, and archival tissue samples (whole-body and partial) of juvenile Pacific cod (age-0 / age-1) collected from the survey. Period of performance is Date of Award�� 12/31/2020. ***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO CONDUCT THIS PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. PLEASE NOTE, MY EMAIL HAS CHANGED TO VERONICA.STROUD@NOAA.GOV. PLEASE SEND CORRESPONDENCE HERE.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Kodiak, AK 99615, USA
- Zip Code: 99615
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 99615
- Record
- SN05609619-F 20200405/200403230138 (samdaily.us)
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